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C. RASMUSSEN.

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APPLICATION FILED IuLY l1; I9I3.

Patented July 6, 1915.

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1l @FFIM CHRISTIAN BASMUSSEN, OF KIMBALLTON, IOWA.

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Application led July 17, 1913.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN RAsMUssnN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kimballton, in the county of Audubon, State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to gates of that general class of picket gates which are opened or closed by a vertical swinging movement of one end of the gate.

An object of the present invention is to provide a novel support for relieving the main pivot of a portion of the weight of the gate when the latter is fully open.

A further object is to provide a novel means for opening the gate in the nature of a gravitating weight.

A still further obj ect is to provide a novel latch for holding the gate closed against the gravitating action of the weight.

With the above objects in view the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter full described and claimed, it being understood that various modications may be made in the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention Figure l is a side elevation showing the gate in full lines closed and in dotted lines opened. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on the line 2-2 Fig. 1 showing the gate in open position. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional View on the line 3-3 Fig. 1 showing the slot in the upper pivot link. Fig. 4 is a detail view in elevation showing the latch in full lines in initial position for locking and in dotted lines in locked position.

Referring now to the drawing in which like characters of reference designate similar parts, 10 designates a pair of gate posts between which the gate is pivoted, and 11 the gate post at the free end of the gate. The gate comprises an upper rail 12 and a lower rail 13, there being a plurality of pickets 14 pivotally connected as shown at 15 and 16 to both rails. A pivot pin 17 is passed through the lower rail and through both of the posts 10, and a pair of pivot -links 18 are pivotally connected as shown at 19 to the upper rail and are connected at the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1915. Serial No. 779,591.

the rails stand upright in close proximity to y y each other with the pickets disposed obliquely to each other as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

For supporting a portion of the weight of the gate when the latter is open, a substantially U-shaped stop member 22'is secured near the ends to the inner faces of the post 10 and receives between its legs the gate, the lowermost picket bearing at the end upon the upper edge of the bight of the member whereby a portion of the weight of the gate is borne by the member. The legs of the member are bent outwardly from each other as shown at 23 to produce guides which promote the easy entry of the gate y in between the legs of the member.

For opening the gate, a weight 24 is connected by a cord 25 to the upper rail 12 of the gate substantially midway between the ends of the rail, the cord being trained through a sheave 26 carried at the upper end of a post 27 that is secured in rear of one of the gate posts 10. Gravitation of this weight will open the gate when the latch thereof is released.

In forming the latch the upper rail 12 is notched at the end as shown at 28 to receive a pin 29 that projects from the gate post 11 at the free end of' the gate, and pivoted at one end on the upper rail as shown at 30 is a latch 31 having a notch 32 in the lowerend to engage down over said pin. There 1s also a spring catch 33 secured at the bottom of the post 11 to receive the free end of the lower rail 13.

In closing the gate the latter is pulled down to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 4 so that the notch 28 in the upper rail registers with the pin 29. The gate is then pulled Jforwardly until the notch re ceives the pin, and the latch 31 is then rocked downwardly until its notch 32 engages o'ver the pin from above as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. In this position of From the above description it will be seen A-i that I have provided an extremely strong and durable gate of the type described which is formed-of a few simple parts.thatlV will not easily get out of order.

I/Vhat is claimed, iszl. In a gate construction, a pair of spaced posts, an arm pivotally secured to the outer side of each of saidposts and extending outwardly therefrom, a gate pivotally mounted on the outer ends of said arms remote from their pivotal points on the posts, an additional post' located in spaced relation to the pivotally mounted on the outer ends of said arms remote from the first mentioned ypost and having one endl extending between Vthe same, means for raising the gate about its.

pivot, and means upon the outer end of the Copies of this patent may be obtained for lgate to automatically engage the adjacent post upon the lowering of the gate, the said means and weight being so arranged on the `ate that upon the manual disengagement of the means the gate will be automatically raised.

3. In a gate construction, a pair of spaced posts, arms pivotally mounted on the outer sides thereof, an additional post in spaced relation to the first mentioned posts, a single gate section pivotally mounted on the outerl ends of said arms and extending cntirely between the first mentioned posts and the last mentioned post, means for detachably securing the said gate to the last meutioned post, means for raising the gate about the pivot of the arms on the first mentioned posts, and guides secured to and extending outwardly from the first mentioned posts constructed and arranged to brace the gate during its upward movement.

In 'testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

, CHRISTIAN RASMUSSEN.

VVi-tnesses:

PAUL OTZEN, GEORGE J. NIELSEN.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

